Improvement in handles for milk-cans



NITED STATES Trient PATENT CHARLES MILLAR, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 53,649, dated April 3, 1866.

To all whom 't may concern:

Beit known that I, GHARLEs MILLAR, of the city of Utica, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Handles of Milk-Gans and other Vessels for Holding Fluids and other Substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specication.

These handles are usually affixed to each opposite side of the can or other vessel, and commonly about midway of the height of the vessel, but may be in any other desired position. The annexed drawing represents one of these handles as afiixed to the side of a milkcan.

ct b is the side ofthe can, and 0 d the handle, fastened to the can by the rivets e and j'. g is a band or hoop which usually surrounds the can for support, and is commonly soldered to the metal ofthe can.

The handle consists of two parts, c and d. The portion c is stationary, being firmly fixed to the side ofthe can. The pai-td is movable, being hinged to the part c by the pin h, and falls down, when not lifted upon, to the position indicated by the dotted lines rand k. When hanging in this position the fixed portion cforms a separate and convenient side t handle, to be used whenever such a handle is required, and furnishes as one of the main 0bjects of the invent-ion the means of hooking` the tackle-rope to the loop m, for duin ping the milk from the cans at cheese-factories, which is a very desirable convenience.

The hinged portion d of the combination is chiefly designed to furnish an appropriate facility for carrying by hand, when two persons, one on each side of the can, seize the handle d. It also furnishes, when suffered to hang down, as described, an appropriate loop to receive the strap for fastening down the can to the milk-cart or other vehicle.

In lifting by this handle it is prevented from being raised above the position shown in the drawing by the stop L, at which point the handle reaches a horizontal position.

Thus by the combination of the two parts, as described, a handle of each distinct character is furnished iu one article, and facilities appropriatelyadapted to the required use are provided. p

` It is evident that the combination may be constructed by making the movable portion d also stationary in its horizontal position. This may be dne by making the connections at h and L solid, and dispensing with the lower portion, u, below the junction L of the part c; and in lieu thereof the attaching-plate e is eX- tended on the surface of the can suflicientl y to furnish the necessary hold for the handle but for the ordinary uses for which the invention is intended to provide the form first above described will be found most useful and appropriate.

Having thus described mv invention and its uses and operation, I claim- In combination with a milk-can, the handles c and d, constructed and applied substantially as described, whether the handle d be hinged at h or be made solid and immovable at its connections h and L.

CHARLES MILLAR.

Witnesses:

' WILLIAM BAKER,

DEXTER GlLLMoRE. 

